Managing the learning and transfer of global management competence: Antecedents and outcomes of Japanese repatriation effectiveness

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-215

  Furuya, Norihito ^a   Stevens, Michael J ^b   Bird, Allan ^c,f   Oddou, Gary ^d   Mendenhall, Mark ^e  

^a IGB Network Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Global competencies; Learning transfer; Repatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449105851     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400416     Document Type: Article

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